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I've finally translated the interview with Sinéad O'Connor from September 1991. I've been looking for the original for months on the net, but it's no where to be found. This is still one of the best interviews I've read of any artist. I recognized a lot of myself in her views back then and as she re...

Clare, I'm curious, how do drums lead you into feelings of anger? I mean just drums? Not 'angry music'? Anyway, I was thinking of the Dutch drum band Slagerij van Kampen . Here's a direct link to a sound clip on their site that I think is characteristic for them (screen stays black because I only li...

Mean Mommies in Grocery Stores with their debut album Tonight I Was The Man Who Heard Evil But Walked On , featuring their hit single Mother's Fucking Goddam Vacuum Cleaner Cord . Go for it, man. For someone who doesn't value writing as the major form of communication and expression, you sure have ...

Those were funny descriptions and caricatures on Mike Reed's site. I used to say, if it wasn't for internet, I never would have realized how many idiots there are in this world. I once read that one of the creators of modern Internet has escaped into the mountains, away from technology, after he saw...

I tend to agree with DRB, that it shouldn't be underestimated the effect articles or letters in the press have. Even though I think it's important to react to child abuse in public places, it can easily be interpreted as an invasion of one's privacy and causing a huge scene that scares the child eve...

Hi Cesar, didn't know you had added some more here. It's intriguing that you first dish Oliver Stone on his movie JFK, but now applaud him on his Indictment from 1995. I've seen this movie some years ago and to me it didn't show anything new or controversial. The researchers for the film had only tw...

Hello Andreas, and nice to see you here on the forum. You've provided a great perspective on the new generation of outspoken writers :) . I never denied that Cesar has written excellent stuff. I've read his first manuscript, which was basically an evaluation on psychiatry and I could see he was very...

DRB , I suppose those people who long for the old times coming back, have a very selective memory. There's a difference in the attitude towards the Second World War here in Europe and people in the US. Schools here often have projects on the holocaust, resulting into a trip to the former concentrat...

I think any form of expression is good and every person can find their way of doing it the best way they think fit. Expression usually leads to more expression. The example of the letter in that paper where someone feels that beating more kids leads to a better world, is turning the world around. It...

Nice that you translated this into Swedish, Karin. Here's another case study, from the same book, pages 143-145 Case Study: Daryl—Three Non-Feeling Therapies In cognitive behavioral therapy, the therapist focused almost exclusively on asking me to "change my negative thoughts" to more posi...

Phil never complained about what happened in my forum; and I always was very civil with him. Did you have contact with Phil after you made the forum public? Because he ended his contributions in your forum before that. I had informed him about the new situation but haven't heard or seen Phil since....

Cesar , That you messed up your forum is not an excuse for exposing private communications. You admitted to me that you had zero computer skills, which is fair, and I helped you setting up a forum at the time, where you wanted a private, invisible forum for selected members only. If you had a probl...

Steve, how sad it is to think you felt so alone in your thoughts and views a year ago. That says a lot of our 'objective' media and press, doesn't it. I know that some editors have been forced writing a more positive article after a journalist had written something really critical on the industry (w...

Steve, being actively against this injustice we write about, is important. It's not a big effort to leave a flyer somewhere, still it scares a lot of people of doing. A fear connected of speaking out, of fighting back. The rebellious child is always punished the hardest. This is also the reason why ...

Maybe the media doesn't care about Freudian concepts, but kids on the university are still all over him. They don't teach anyone about Janov or Alice Miller's books (except Miller's first book because it was so intellectual). And Janov's books are still much better than all those 'get better fast' b...